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CHRISTIANSTED – A 36-year-old St. Croix man was sentenced to three years probation in federal court after admitting to growing marijuana on his property, according to a U.S. Department of Justice official. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Raymond Finch on Thursday sentenced Michael Velez of Estate Catherine’s Rest to three

CHRISTIANSTED – A 55-year-old St. Croix man pleaded guilty in federal court to using a telephone to try conduct an illegal drug sale, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Carl Hansen made that plea in U.S. District Court in Estate Golden Rock before the U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon,

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Saturday, April, 09, 2016, at approximately 6:04 pm. Officers were dispatched by the 911 Emergency Call Center in regards to a possible shooting victim, in a vehicle in the vicinity of the Annas Retreat basketball Court. Upon arrival to the scene, officers observed a black male who

CINCINNATI — After an investigation that began in 2014, four people have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges stemming from the sale of stolen Puerto Rican identities in Cincinnati and Fairfield. Oris Mercedes Baez Ramirez, 50, of Hamilton, Ramon E. Fuentes Morillo, 50, of Puerto Rico, and Cipriano Diaz,

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, BVI — A thriving financial services industry that evolved over the last 30 years in the British Virgin Islands made it one of the most popular places in the world to form a corporation, turning a sleepy cluster of Caribbean islands into a global hub of finance.

ARRESTED: Noelle Bishopel CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Two people from Georgia were caught with a total of 15 kilos of marijuana in their luggage on St. Thomas, according to federal authorities. Sierra Wimberly, 25, and Noelle Bishopel, 27, each from Atlanta, made their initial appearances on

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested on a warrant behind a Times Square convenience store today charging him with two counts of animal cruelty for allegedly chopping two dogs with a machete, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD). Police said that Ala Zatar was arrested in

[ad name=”HTML-68″] MADRID — The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous (all times local): 11:55 p.m. The Panamanian law firm at the center of a big document leak, Mossack Fonseca, served as an official

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — At about 10:26 p.m., on the evening of Monday, April 4, 2016, officers responded to a man having been shot in the vicinity of Sanchez Town located in Bovoni. Officers converged on the scene and located the body of an unresponsive black man, who had sustained a

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A 25-year-old Georgia native had his first appearance in federal court on Monday in St. Thomas on charges that he is a marijuana smuggler, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Bert Donadelle, Jr. appeared Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in a